Honey Piazza Explained

Honey Piazza
Birth Date:24 April 1951
Birth Place:Fairfield, California, United States
Years Active:1972-present
Instrument:Piano
Genre:Blues
Boogie woogie
Website:The Mighty Flyers' website

Debra "Honey" Piazza (born April 24, 1951) is an American piano player. She is a founding member of the band Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers.

Background

Piazza was born in Fairfield, California on April 24, 1951.[1] Her father was in the Air Force and her family moved to England for three years, when she was a child. There she started taking classical piano lessons at the age of four and pursued the lessons until the age of 16 after they had moved back to California. She enjoyed playing jam sessions with her friends, but she really discovered piano blues when she heard a record of Otis Spann. For the next two years she would practice extensively.

In 1972 she went to Chicago, and played with a number of blues musicians. After her return to California she saw a concert of Rod Piazza, who at the time was playing with a band called Bacon Fat. Being impressed with his music she arranged to meet him for an audition. As a result, she joined the band and has played with Rod Piazza ever since.[2] [3]

They got married several years later and reside in Riverside, California.

Discography

(with Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - official website . https://web.archive.org/web/20080917111324/http://www.themightyflyers.com/honey2.htm . dead . 2008-09-17 . Themightyflyers.com . 1951-04-24 . 2014-07-12 .
  2. Web site: Excerpt of a 2002 version of the band's website . Honey Piazza . 2008-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020823235918/http://www.themightyflyers.com/band/honey/honeybio.htm . 2002-08-23.
  3. Web site: Video Interview on AOL . Video.aol.com . 2008-03-18.